Type of Evidence
Vocabulary
Investigative Processes
Misc.
Misc.
100
What type of evidence are eyewitness accounts?
Direct evidence
100
What is the use of scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime?
Forensics
100
What is the first step of CSI?
Securing the scene
100
How many photos do you take of an object of evidence?
9 total
100
What is Locard's principle?
Every contact leaves a trace
200
What type of evidence is a toxicology report?
Direct evidence
200
What is reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity?
Logic
200
What is the last step of CSI?
Securing and collecting evidence
200
How many different angles do you need to photograph evidence at a crime scene?
3
200
What is the purpose of the Innocence Project?
Free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions
300
What type of evidence is hair with the follicle?
Circumstantial biological
300
What is the mental process of drawing deductive inferences?
Deductive reasoning
300
What is the purpose of separating witnesses?
To keep them from working together or sharing details about the situation
300
Why are eye witness accounts not used as the sole piece of evidence for a case?
Eye witness accounts can be faulty
300
What objective lens do you not use with the fine focus?
High power (40x)
400
What type of evidence is synthetic fiber?
Circumstantial physical
400
What is a view or judgement formed about something not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Opinion
400
Doing which step does a photography unit take pictures of items?
See the scene
400
What is the difference between class and individual evidence?
Class - narrows to a group of people
Individual - narrows to one individual
400
True or false: detectives do not need to practice their observation skills?
False
500
What type of evidence is natural fibers?
Circumstantial biological
500
What is the ability to deconstruct information into smaller categories in order to draw conclusions?
Analytical skills
500
What is used as a record during the step of securing and collecting evidence?
Evidence log
500
What are the 4 types of search patterns?
Spiral, grid, strip/line, quadrant/zone
500
What is the following type of search pattern?
Grid method